BARBRA STREISAND - Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1978-2006) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Between the release of Barbra Streisand's first hits collection in 1970 and her second in 1978, she essentially became a different kind of recording artist. In the 1960s, she made a series of consistent albums devoted largely to show music material, but she scored precious few singles hits, with only one, "People," and reaching the Top Ten. But in the 1970s, she shifted to contemporary soft-rock and released a series of highly successful ballad singles, while her albums became largely inconsistent. For that reason, the hit quotient of her second hits album was much higher--"The Way We Were," "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)," and the duet version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," sung with songwriter Neil Diamond and released on album here for the first time, all were number one hits, while "Stoney End" and "My Heart Belongs to Me" were Top Tens and "Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead," "Songbird," and "Love Theme From 'Laura Mars' (Prisoner)" reached the Top 40. That was enough material to make Volume 2 Streisand's definitive hits collection, so much so that later compilations like Memories and A Collection/Greatest Hits...And More would be forced to cannibalize it. It was also a genre-defining album in terms of the emergence of a post-'60s contemporary pop music that drew upon the rock revolution to redefine classic pop for a new generation. by William Ruhlmann
Tracklist :
1    Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) 3:09
Lyrics By – Paul Williams
Music By – Barbra Streisand
Producer – Barbra Streisand, Phil Ramone
2    Love Theme From "The Eyes Of Laura Mars" (Prisoner) 3:57
Executive Producer – Charles Koppelman
Producer – Gary Klein
Written-By – John Desautels, Karen Lawrence
3    My Heart Belongs To Me 3:24
Producer – Gary Klein
Producer, Arranged By – Charlie Calello
Written-By – Alan Gordon
4    Songbird 3:48
Arranged By [Orchestra] – Nick De Caro
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Larry Carlton
Executive Producer – Charles Koppelman
Producer – Gary Klein
Written-By – David Wolfert, Steve Nelson
5    You Don't Bring Me Flowers 3:26
Arranged By – Alan Lindgren
Lyrics By – Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman, Neil Diamond
Music By – Neil Diamond
Producer – Bob Gaudio
Vocals – Neil Diamond
6    The Way We Were  3:30
Lyrics By – Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman
Music By – Marvin Hamlisch
Producer, Arranged By – Marty Paich
7    Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead 6:20
Arranged By – Don Hannah
Lyrics By [Where You Lead] – Toni Stern
Music By [Where You Lead] – Carole King
Producer – Richard Perry
Written-By – Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham
8    All In Love Is Fair 3:52
Arranged By – Nick De Caro
Producer – Tommy LiPuma
Written-By – Stevie Wonder
9    Superman 2:50
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Larry Carlton
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Nick De Caro
Producer – Gary Klein
Written-By – Richie Snyder
10    Stoney End 2:58
Arranged By – Gene Page
Producer – Richard Perry
Written-By – Laura Nyro